List of rock formations that resemble human beings explained

A list of rock formations worldwide that resemble human beings.

Brazil

• Pedra da Gávea is a mountain in Rio de Janeiro whose resemblance to a human head sparked several pseudoarchaeological theories over the years (see Archaeological interest of Pedra da Gávea).

Canada

• Sleeping Giant, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Poland

• Giewont, a mountain whose shape resembles a lying human, associated with a legend of the sleeping knight^[1]

United Kingdom

• The Old Man of Hoy in Orkney is a rock pillar that from certain angles is said to resemble a standing man.^[2]
• Queen Victoria's Rock on the Isle of Barra is a rock formation near Northbay on the north side of the A888, looking toward the west, which resembles the profile of the elderly Queen Victoria.^[3]
• The Winking Man Rock formation (also known as the Winking Eye^[4]) is part of the Ramshaw Rocks section of The Roaches. It looks like a face sticking out of the hillside, and as you travel past in a car towards Buxton the 'eye' appears to wink, as a pinnacle of rock passes behind the face as a consequence of parallax.^[5] A public house near Ramshaw Rocks at Upper Hulme takes its name from the Winking Man rock.^[6]
• The Sleeping Warrior is the profile of the peaks of the island of Arran.

United States

• Old Man of the Mountain, Franconia, New Hampshire.
• The Indian Head, Lincoln, New Hampshire.^[7]
• Profile Rock, Massachusetts.
• Sleeping Giant, Steamboat Springs.
• Ute Mountain, Colorado.

See also

• Breast-shaped hill
• List of individual rocks
• List of rock formations

Notes and References

1. 153793. Giewont.
2. Web site: My Old Man . Barrett, Kate. Radio Scotland. 1963. 27 October 2013. January 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190127030440/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/dayslikethis/stories/my_old_man.shtml.
3. Web site: Mackenzie-Winters, Daniel. Isle of Barra. The Internet Guide to Scotland. July 17, 1996. November 3, 2021. October 8, 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/19991008004318/http://www.scotland-inverness.co.uk/barra.htm.
4. Book: Rodgers, Frank . Curiosities of the Peak District . Moorland Publishing . Ashbourne . 1979 . 0903485478 . 148.
5. Web site: The Winking Man . The Megalithic Portal . 9 December 2020.
6. Web site: The Winking Man – Upper Hulme . Visit Peak District . Visit Peak District & Derbyshire 2023.
7. Web site: Four years after Old Man's fall, another N.H. rocky profile gets attention. Associated Press. USA Today. May 10, 2007. November 4, 2021. March 7, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123605/https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-05-10-indian-head-new-hampshire_N.htm.